The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, ruled yesterday that the same False Claims Act statute of limitations period applies whether an action is brought and pursued by a private person, known as a “relator,” or by the government. The opinion focuses on the plain language of the statute and
A recent decision in Cunningham v. Montes, 16-cv-761-jdp, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74721 (W.D. Wisc. May 3, 2019) has companies and their business owners that provide telephone dialing services on the edge of their seats. Why? Well, in this case the business owner was personally sued for Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations made by
On May 13, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the FCC will host a summit on July 11 “to examine industry’s progress” toward meeting the FCC’s deadline to implement “more reliable caller ID information to combat malicious spoofed robocalls.”
The summit is part of the SHAKEN/STIR initiative which is an “industry-led” program through
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFPB”) and Conduent Education Services, LLC (“CES”), a student loan servicing company formerly operating as ACS Education Services, reached a $3.9 million deal for the company’s alleged failure to provide accurate balances on more than 200,000 student loans.
The CFPB found that CES engaged in unfair practices that violated
On May 7, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) announced that he is reintroducing a bill titled the “Repeal CFPB Act” which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This represents the third time that Cruz has attempted to introduce a bill in the Senate that would eliminate the CFPB. In 2015 and 2017 the
A bipartisan group of attorneys general from thirty-eight states have signed on to a letter backing the Secure and Fair Enforcement (“SAFE”) Banking Act – H.R. 1595 – as it moves toward the floor of the House of Representatives.
Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam have legalized marijuana for medical
On April 29, New Jersey’s governor signed into law bill A4997, known as the Mortgage Servicers Licensing Act. As the title indicates, the Act creates a licensing regime for servicers of residential mortgage loans secured by real property within New Jersey. As with many state licensing regimes, the Act exempts most banks and
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Ron Raether will be presenting during the iSMG Fraud & Breach Summit in Seattle. The summit will take place at The W in Seattle, Washington. The summit will focus on security topics such as fraud and breach prevention and on many key industry verticals such as
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney David Anthony will be presenting at the Consumer Data Industry Association Law & Industry Conference at the Covington & Burling, LLP office in Washington, DC. David will be a panelist on the subject matter, “Managing Risk in an Always Changing Litigation & Enforcement Environment” on June
Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson said that federal privacy laws should preempt state privacy laws that have been unworkable for businesses. While Congress considers drafting a federal online privacy law, all five commissioners have supported new rulemaking and enforcement authority.
At an American Enterprise Institute event in Washington, Wilson pointed to California’s new privacy law